From: Councilmember SpringRecommendation: 1) Request the City Manager send letters to our
elected national representatives asking them to take whatever action they can to cease the
bombing of Afghanistan and to seek a legal, nonmilitary resolution; 2) Endorse and send to
these officials, the attached letter recently presented by Vice Mayor Shirek to the
Congressional Black Caucus, which acknowledges and grieves the tragic events of September
11th; and 3) adjourn this Council meeting in memory of the innocent civilians
in Afghanistan being harmed and made refugees due to the bombing.

Contact: Dona Spring, Councilmember District 4, 981-7140

Actions: Moved, seconded, failed (Armstrong/Olds; Noes 
Shirek, Worthington; Abstain  Breland, Hawley, Maio, Olds, Spring, Dean) to commend
our elected officials and our President for performing the difficult task of bringing
together more than 60 countries to join with us in the fight against terrorism in the
world and to ask the City Manager to communicate with our President commending him for
refusing to rush into a thoughtless response to the 5000 deaths that occurred on September
11th, but instead taking the time to bring together an international consensus
of countries from Cuba to Canada and from Saudi Arabia to Russia all joining with us in
our fight to defeat terrorism worldwide.

Moved, seconded, carried (Shirek/Breland) a revised motion presented by
Councilmember Spring to adopt Resolution No. 61,310-N.S. consisting of five parts. The
motion was severed and voted on as follows:

1. Condemn the mass murder of thousands of people on September 11,
2001, and express our profound grief at the atrocities last month that killed thousands of
innocent people in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, and acknowledge, honor, and
support the heroic rescue efforts on the part of dedicated police and fire departments,
and the city, state, and federal governments (Abstain  Armstrong, Hawley, Olds)

2. Ask our representatives to help break the cycle of violence,
bringing the bombing to a conclusion as soon as possible, avoiding actions that can
endanger the lives of innocent people in Afghanistan, and minimizing the risk to American
military personnel (Abstain  Armstrong, Hawley, Olds, Dean)

3. Urge our representatives to concentrate all available resources on
bringing to justice all of those who were complicit in last months violent attack,
and work with international organizations toward the same end (Abstain  Armstrong,
Hawley, Olds, Dean)

4. Urge our representatives to devote our governments best
efforts in collaboration with governments throughout the world, to addressing and
overcoming those conditions such as poverty, malnutrition, disease, oppression, and
subjugation that tend to drive some people to acts of terrorism (Abstain  Armstrong,
Hawley, Olds, Dean)

5. Request that we engage in a national campaign to lessen our
dependence on oil from the Middle East and to commit to a nationwide conversion to
renewable energy sources such as solar and fuel cells, within five years (Abstain 
Armstrong, Hawley, Olds)